彩券 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

cǎiquàn

lottery ticket

cǎi, cai hue, color

Phonosemantic compound. 彡 represents the meaning and 采 represents the sound.

采 Sound component

cǎi gather, pick

彡 Meaning component

shān, xiǎn hair

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Baxter-Sagart	tshojX	s.r̥ˤəʔ	colorful

《說文新附》：“彩，文章也。从彡，采聲。”

龹 Sound component

juǎn to roll rice into a ball

刀 Meaning component

dāo knife

knife

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kʰons

契也。从刀𢍏聲。券別之書，以刀判契其旁，故曰契券。